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We have all faced this situation before. Your friend or colleague has some files you need, but you don’t have a USB drive. It’s a large file too. So what if I told you there’s a simple way to transfer those files wirelessly without installing any apps?

As good as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Direct technologies are, our devices aren’t that great at communicating with each other yet. Even copy-pasting between devices is difficult. Sure, if you see yourself transferring files often, you can install some apps to send files between devices over Wi-Fi. But at the spur of the moment, you need something simpler and something that doesn’t need either party to install new software.

You’ll be pleased to know that there are some such apps, and they do a bang-up job.